Pocket room guide



` Nov. 16, 1937. W. J. CEDER 2,998,944

vPC )CKET R'OOM GUIDE Filedoot. 2e, 193e :ma l.

INVENTOR Zl/{lbar J,F Ceder Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFECE 6 Claims. This invention relates to a pocket room guide Ywherebya person may have available an indicator which relates to rooms andtenancies of a particular hotel, apartment house, office building, or

the like.Y

An object is to provide a novel and compact guide Which may beconveniently carried in the coat pocket of an office building, apartmentor hotel manager.

Another object is to provide YYa novel guide of the above characterwhich may be conveniently carried by a person when showing prospectivetenants, renters or lodgers various accommodations of the building orplace to which it apper- `are available for immediate occupancy, and inYwhich vacancies are reserved, or which are out of order. V

A still further object is to provide a novel guide of the abovecharacter whereby such information may be easily and quickly varied orchanged to indicate the proper status in the above particulars of theestablishment in which the guidefmay be used.

The invention resides in the parts and combinations of parts fmoreparticularly hereinafter described in the specification and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description, and the appendedclaims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention in a form I atpresent deem preferable.

Fig. l is a plan View of my novel guide.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged section on irregular line 22, Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view on enlarged scale of an indicating clipassociated and used with my guide.

My room guide is preferably mounted on a relatively stil or rigidbacking member I which may be of any suitable shape, but is shown asbeing substantially rectangular, and such backing I may be provided withany suitable covering 2 such as fabric or other material. A sheet ofresilient or yieldable material such as sponge rubber is secured to oneside of the backing member I, and upon which an indicia bearing plate,card, or chart 4 is mounted.

The card 4 is substantially coextensive in area with the backing memberI and is interposed between the resilient member 3 and a plurality ofYparallel retaining bars or strips 5 through which securing means 6,such as nails, tacks or screws extend into the backing member I, andthrough 5 the card 4 and yieldable material 3. The retaining means 6 asshown are in the form of nails or tacks, the shank 6 of which freelyextends through the retaining bars, but the head '6 of which limits theoutward movement of the retain- .l ing bars 5, such connection therebyallowing for compression of the chart 4 against the yieldable material 3to provide a slight space between the card 4 and retaining bars 5 whenthe card is pressed against the yieldable material 3 by manual 1l force.

An indicating clip 1, preferably formed of a fiat strip of transparentor translucent material, having a major tab portion 8 at one end, andwhich is doubled or bent upon itself at its Vother end to form a minortab portion 9, is provided for association with my guide. The indicatingclips or tabs l may be of various colors, the purpose of which will behereinafter more fully explained.

In use, the major tab portion 8 of each clip 'I isl 25 adapted to beinserted between any one of the bars 5 and the chart 4, whereas theminor tab portion 9 receives and overhangs the bar 5, as shown in Figs.l and 2. When positioning a clip l on the bars 5, the resilient materialf3 may be, compressed for easy insertion or removal of a clip 'l withoutdisturbing adjacent clips, and the normal tendency of the resilientmaterial 3 to force the chart 4 against the retainining bars 5 willexert a pressure upon the major tab portion 8 of 3 the clip 1 to retainthe same in position so as to prevent accidental disengagement thereofin mounted position on the bar 5.

The chart 4, as shown in Fig. l, by way of illustration, has thereon aplurality of rows II of square or rectangular shape, one row II thereofbeing preferably below each retaining bar 5. At

the top of the chart additional rows of indicia I2 and I 3, indicatingin row I 3 the room numbers employed on the several oors, such as 01, 0245 etc., and the row I2 indicating the character of the apartment orroom of the corresponding room number indicated in row I 3.

The vertically arranged squares or rectangles may also indicatesubstantial floor space of the appropriate space to be rented, and onthe extreme right and left hand vertical rows of squares, indicia may beinserted indicating the various floors of the building for which thechart is used.

For example, apartment 417 is indicated as being a single, SG, and rentsfor $80.00 per month; whereas apartment 702-706 is a triple apartmentthat rents for $175.00 per month, and apartment 3201s a double, DB, thatrents for $70.00 per month, and room 608 is a bachelor, BA, that rentsfor $60.00 per' month.

` Other indicia may be provided on the chart to indicate appropriatespaces occupied on the various floors, such-as, for example: rooms807-30 is the roof, and rooms that would be otherwise numbered 100-14,115-18, and 120 is the lobby In practice, with the chart 4 arranged tocompare with the floor Vspace of the building with which it is to beused, the lclips 'l are preferably of various colors, such as green,yellow or red, or any other suitable combination of Vvarious coloredclips, and as, forv example, 'such room numbers that do not have a clipinterposed over the appropriate square representing such space may beoccupied; those over which a green clip may be interposed may indicatesuch space that is ready for occupancy; and the yellow clips mayindicate vacancies which are reserved and the red clips may indicatespaces that arev out of order or'undergoing repair. However, it will beapparent that any suitable variety or combination of colored tabs may beused to indicate the various characteristics of the oor space.

It will also be observed that the rectangles or squares of the chart 4are of sui'icient width that one indicating clip or tab when mounted ona bar 5, will substantially cover the area of the smallest square orrectangle on the chart, as will be apparent from the drawing.

As the indicia and squares on the chart 4 may vary, depending upon thecharacter or floor plan of the building for which it is intended to beused, such arrangement may vary from that shown in the drawing by way ofillustration, but Ysuch variation comes within the scope of my inventionand is to be covered by the appended claims.

Y I claim: Y

1. In aroom guide, a stii backing member; a yieldable plate thereover; achart covering said plate and locally depressible therein; a pluralityof bars supported from said backing member and normally lying contiguousto said chart; and tab means adapted to be interposed between said barsand chart by depressing aV local region of said chart into said plate.

2. In a room guide, a stift` backing member; a yieldable platethereover; a chart covering said plate and locally depressible therein;a plurality of bars supported from said backing member and normallylying contiguous to said chart; tab means adapted to be interposedbetween said bars and chart by depressing a local region of said chartinto saidplate; .the portions ofy said chart exposed between said barsdivided into rows and columns to defineY areas representative of roomsin a building; and said tab means adapted to be removably positionedover said areas for indicating predetermined facts regarding said rooms.

3. In a room guide, a backing member; a chart; a yieldable memberinterposed between said chart and said backing member; a plurality ofbars extending across said chart; and tab means adapted to be interposedbetween said bars and chart, said yieldable member normally urging saidchart against said bars to frictionally hold said tabs in place.

4. In a room guide, a backing member; a chart having rows of spacesdelineated thereon; a yieldable member interposed between said chart andsaid backing member; a plurality of bars extending across'said chart andbetween rows of said spaces; and tabfmeans adapted to be yinterposedbetween said bars and chart.

5. In a room guide, a backing member; a chart having rows of spacesdelineated thereon; a yieldable member interposed between said chart andsaid backing member; a plurality of bars extending across said chart andbetween rows of said spaces; and varied colored, translucent tab meansadapted to be interposed between said bars and chart.

6. In a room guide, a backing member; a chart supported from saidbacking member; a yieldable member interposed between said chart andsaid backing member; said chart having rows of spaces delineated thereon;V a plurality of bars extending across said chart; and tab means havinga portion adapted to be inserted between one of said'bars and said chartby depressing a local

